Download Hard_Configurator by Andy Ful (he is active on this forum) and check out the various native Windows settings that it exposes.
[URL unfurl="true"]https://hard-configurator.com/[/URL]
[URL unfurl="true"]https://github.com/AndyFul/Hard_Configurator[/URL]
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/hard_configurator.html[/URL]
It has modules for configuring Defender as well as Windows Firewall. The SRP section (left side of the main window) has a wealth of options, although I suspect that the "recommended" settings will be too restrictive for your purposes.
By the way, I enabled the WMI rule on my machines. I have been using it for a couple years without issue.
